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einschlagen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  • batter verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  • drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
  • gouge noun A chisel with a curved blade, used to cut grooves or hollows into wood or stone.
  • impact noun The force of one object striking another; a collision.
  • pummel verb To hit someone or something repeatedly with the fists or in a heavy, battering way.

Senses

einschlagen is used for these senses in English:

  • bang (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • batter To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
  • drive (transitive) (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
  • gouge (transitive) To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
  • pack up To prepare for shipping, as a gift.
  • pummel To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.
  • turn in (intransitive, idiomatic) To go to bed; to retire to bed.
  • turn in (soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.

bang — full definition

  1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
  2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
  3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

batter — full definition

  1. verb To hit something or someone repeatedly and violently.
  2. noun A liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk used in baking or to coat food before frying.
  3. noun In cricket or baseball, the player at bat.
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